The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-06

| early train. He turned to an acquaintance
/ and said. Il am going over into Ohio to visit my
| father for few DAYS"
/ "Wil you return in time to voter
| perhaps. but / don't care about that am
| not anxious to vote" A few minutes after this
| Congressman Bynum was led into political talk,
| when ne pointed to one of his friends with tho
| remark, 81 sometimes become so disguised with
my party that feel like giving up politics alto
| &c ther."
| When the ballot-boxes given to the in
| spectors Monday each box will contain a
| printed synopsis of the election laws relating
the duties of inspectors and judges. 1t will give
| in substance every section of the statutes gov
erning the receiving, depositing and counting of
| votes. 1t will state explicitly how the tally
sheets are to be preserved and returned to the
proper officer. No opportunity will be given on
| this occasion for an inspector or judge to plead
| ignorance of the law He have it before
him every minute during the depositing and
counting of ballots. This synopsis is being pre-
pared by city attorney Taylor. VINO, with acting
city clerk Tanning. will sign it something in
the order of official instructions.
Yesterday the committee of one hundred put
out its posters containing the law against
bribery and offering a reward Of 800 for the de-
lection of any violation of the law. The
mttee is daily in receipt of letters from citizens
offering their services watchers at the polls.
In every precinct there will be scores of men
whose self posed duty will be to keep an eye
on the Doodle agents of the gang. No voter
pected of selling his will be able to cast it
without the closest surveillance.
The coored Republican voters of the First
ward have very active membership of fifty in
their club. the officers of which are: President,
VIM. jackson; secretary, Allen Dudley and SER
geant- arms, e. W. Hawkins.
The gang are continuing their work at the In
diana Hospital for the insane Mrs. Fairchild
discharged yesterday. She a ward
matron,, one of the best if not the best of those
holding that position. She was suspected of be-
ing Republican, but what relevancy her
politics could have in the matter in view OF the
fact that she had VOTE is past finding out and
would perhaps even trouble Harrison and Gapen
to explain.
The Repubica who met at Pfaf1in's Hall on
Tuesday evening to organize for work on election
day in their wards and precincts. will meet again
to- night in Superior Cou rt-room No. 2. when
further measures will be adopted. They will
provide for systematis watching of tho polls
irrespective of the excellent system adopted by
the committee of one hundred.
Many of the wards under Republican oreani-
cation are in frst-class condition, where the
block system to bring out every voter has been
adopted. A large number of blocks have al
ready been canvassed. and in instance has
there been fonnd an Indifference to the i'm
portance of the issue In these wards it is
thought that Republican other citizen
favoring the rule of decent and law-observing
people, will fail to vote. By this work the spirit
of resistance to Coyism and the reign of crime is
strengthening day after day.
There will be, to night, a Republican rally of
the South-sids voters. at the Virginia-avenue
Rink which will be addressed by VIM. P. Fish
back Hon. Stanton j. Peelle and others.
Tomorrow evening colored Republicans and
Nj II
Michigan street, to hear speeches from Hon.
John L. Griffith. DR.. Boyd and others. The
president of the meeting will be DR.. S. A. Ebert.
and the vice presidents Revs. Morris, Farmer,
Preston. Price. Slaymore. Owens. Green and
Gazzaway. and J. b. Bagsby. A. Dudley, F.
Daniels and Jay Franklin.
The Democratic Repeaters from Noblesvine.
TO the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
Previous to the election OF 1882 1 received in
instructions from D. NJ. Ransdell. then chair
of the Republican county central COM
mittee, to look out for Democratic repeater.
from Noblesville. On the day of the election he
sent me a message by one of our carriers to
look out for certain men whose names had been
telephoned to Mr.. Ransdell from Hamilton
county. This dispatch delivered to Edgar
A. Brown, the then Democratic committeeman OF
the Sixth ward, and did not know of it's
istence until months afterwards. Mr. Brown
and the Sentinel now seek to make capital
of this dispatch. while there is nothing in it
for them. and the facts made known show con-
clusivey that Mr.. Rapsdell was seeking to keep
out illegal voting and that Mr.. Edgar A Brown,
by keeping this message from mo. WAS seeking
to let these Democratic repeaters into the city.
Three of the four names, published in tho
Sentinel of this morning. are Democrats, and
Mr.. Edgar A. Brown knows them to be Demo
Gratis and knew they Democrats at tho
time he got the dispatch, and he knew these
men were coming to Indianapolis TO assist the
Democratic party in its dirty work here, and he
also knew the meaning of Mr.. Ransdelrs words,
and he knew they meant three less Democratic
votes. il the dispatch had been delivered to the
proper owner, therefore he carefully kept what
was intended for me and now seeks through tho
Sentinel to put false meaning and lying con-
structon upon Mr. Ransdells instructions to
me- II the Sentinel folks will take pains to
look into the facts of the dispatch sent to me
by Mr. Ransdell. they easily rake up q
'leerle' more Democratic frand.
ETHAN A. BROWN.
Mr. Ransden and the Negro Repeaters.
The News of last night says The Sentinel
to-day reproduces copy of message issued by
Dan ~ Ransdel as chairman. in the campaign
of 1882, relative to certain supposed illegal
voters on their way from Noblesvie to this city,
and attempts to make il appear that Ransdell
was seeking to use them for illegal purposes.
The Sentinel fails in making the point. the
were issued to Ethan A. Brown, and he states
that a courier sent to him in the Sixth
ward, but the message was delivered to Edgar
A. Brown. whose initials the same, and that
the latter kept it, though knowing it not in
tended for him. Some of the men named in the
dispatch were Democrats and were coming to
the city in the interest of the Democratic party
Among them was one Republican coming on
business. but Ransde supposed him to be &
Democratic repeater, and included him with
the rest Mr. Ransdell wanted these men
watched and challenged, but this prevented
by the message falling into tho hands of Edgar
A Brown. Ethan A. Brown also asserts that
Mr. Ransdell was conducting honorable cam
pagn. and that the above is the fact and that
Edgar A. Brown will now admit tho same il he
will but tell the truth.
Formation of a Law and Order League.
Every man interested in the formation of
Law and Order League is requested to be pres